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Tigers season ends in district quarterfinals

By Brandon Boles

Times Sports Reporter

Posted:
02/24/2016 11:07:10 AM MST

The Wiggins Tigers basketball season came to an end for both boys and girls basketball on Tuesday. The girls dropped their game to No. 1 Yuma 100-35, while the boys fell to No. 5 Holyoke 96-41 on the road.

Girls results

Before taking on Yuma, the Tigers traveled to Sedgwick County for a play-in game with the Cougars on Monday. The game was one the Tigers felt they could win, and they did just enough to get the 32-29 win to advance to the 2A District 2 quarterfinals.

The win on Monday was the first playoff win for the Tigers in two years. It also ended a tough losing streak at 15 games and gave the Tigers their first win in the 2016 calendar year.

Tuesday was a big step up in competition with the Yuma Indians. Behind senior Peighton Roth, the Indians offense was clicking for all four quarters at home. Roth had a career high 28 points and Logan Hixon had 25 points and 15 assists in the win.

Wiggins finished its season with a 4-17 record. For Brienna Baer, Laura Walker, and Maria Enriquez, they closed their high school careers with a playoff win. Plenty of young talent has head coach William Von Loh looking to take the next step with the Tigers.

Boys results

Holyoke, a team that averages 65 points per game, had its highest scoring total of the season against the Wiggins Tigers. They scored 90 in a win at Wiggins back on Jan. 29.

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The Dragons potent offense came to life again against the Tigers as they set a new season high with 96 points to get the 96-41 win.

Most of the damage from the Dragons came inside as they shot 32 of 48 from 2-point range, a whopping 67 percent. 28 points in the first quarter and 33 in the second had them pull ahead 61-27 by halftime. The Dragons still managed to score in double figures in the third and fourth quarters while keeping the Tigers to just 14 points in the second half.

Basketball season comes to an end for the Wiggins boys. They finished 3-16 overall on the season under first year coach Corey Stumpf. Tuesday was also the last game of the careers of Austin Dinis and Reid Ernst.

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